First of all the illegal immigration problem has changed dramatically since the 1980s. In 1985, there were an estimated 2.7 million illegals in the U.S. Now there are an estimated 12-15 million.. Secondly, this type of statement is merely a recipe for inaction. Third, I hardly cite one small aspect of the administration. I am objecting to everything from their profligate spending to their dramatic expansion of the federal government to their nation-building foreign policies to their trillion dollar expansion of socialist entitlements to their open borders policy to their unfair trade agreements.
Right, but lets face facts: It's been a problem for 20 years, and I don't care if it's 2.7 million, or 12-15 million. 2.7 million may not be a problem for some, but for me it's 2.7 million too many. Terrorism and the border situation just didn't suddenly crop up on 9/11, illegal immigration has been going on for over 20 years, and terrorism itself dates back to the U.S. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut in the early 1980s. Despite the doom and gloom of "profligate spending", one cannot deny the fact that this country is in far better economic shape than it ever was in the 1980s, but that contingency will be taken care of once all these "free" or "fair" trade deals fall through the cracks. As for the "unfair trade", I don't care who's in power, they have no interest in the people who voted them there. I hate NAFTA and CAFTA. I've seen what NAFTA has done firsthand, and I damn sure know what CAFTA will do in the near future. Social entitlements have shown they can work. The problem lies within the abuse of said entitlements. Too many people not entitled to the government welfare system seem to think they are entitled to it in one form or another.